Another village rejected Kevin Gaughan and his cohorts attempt to sell a pig in a poke as a "good thing" by voting down the proposal to dissolve the village of Lakewood into the town of Busti and replace village government with special taxing districts to provide.

The vote was 848 to 353 (71% vs 29%) against dissolution, despite a well organized campaign by dissolution supporters who claimed there would be a 10-20% tax savings. Obviously, as in Williamsville and Sloan, the Lakewood voters didn't believe the propaganda.

Fredonia is considering unincorporating, but I'm not sure if they are going about it by referendum to force dissolution or if they are doing it in the more traditional way of studying it first and getting a plan together. The Fredonia mayor favors dissolution.